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Special request for a Bird wannabe
12-12-2006, 04:36
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Special request for a Bird wannabe
On 12/11/2006 at 11:22 PM Tom Warner wrote:

>A recommendation for you . NOTHING is impossible when it comes to
>buying any motorhome. A 1997 Bluebird LXI just sold for less then
>$170,000 and a 1991 Prevost Liberty is for sale right now for less
>then $170,000 at Paul Davis in Dallas Texas. With the market like
>it is right now and if you are a knowledgable buyer anything is
>possible. People pass away and coaches need to be sold to settle an
>estate. Or people just get sick of advertising the coaches and want
>to sell now. How about on vintage birds a 1993 for $123,000 with
>53.000 miles on it? Bird connection has a ton of them . Remember
>price is not everything. You might save a little on a coach and then
>spends lots getting it up to snuff.

I guess I don't understand the recommendation you are trying to convey? You
mention coaches selling at or below market value, of which there are legions
available, then conclude with two sentences that imply that is not a good thing
from a buyer's perspective? I mentioned a couple I tossed from my personal
choice list for price, a 94 for $184K, and a 90 for $150K. Nothing about that
was intended to imply anything about the quality of either, just how
out-of-market they were.

I'm doing what I can to be an informed buyer in all respects; knowing what the
ballpark price is, is part of that

Here's what I'm aware of now in 90-94 PT40s for sale, asking price and mileage
(I have a lot more data on each, but this is just for a general market
overview):

1990
$79,500 90000
$90,000 173000
$96,500 123500
$105,000 112000
$140,000 25000 (note: this is the one I had above at $150K, the BBC price, but
I saw it last night on rvtraderonline for $140K)

1991
$93,000 181000
$95,000 104000
$99,999 58000
$119,000 98000
$129,000 40000
$140,000 87000

1992
$123,600 102000
$128,000 118000

1993
$105,000 125000
$110,000 113000
$110,000 145000
$119,500 79000 (another one where the BBC price is higher, $123,500 and
$129,500 in the same listing)
$123,000 59500
$135,000 77000
$135,000 103000

1994
$119,000 119000
$126,000 93000
$129,000 143000 (this is the mid-entry. Sold for $125K last week)
$139,000 120000
$150,000 39000
$155,900 145000
$185,500 86000

I did not include some at dealerships that choose not to list prices - don't
like that particular game.

Negotiation of prices is tough for someone like me. I hate dickering. I look at
that last one at $185500, and I say "it looks to me like $135K is about right,
but if I offer 135K they will come back with $160K and then what do I do. If I
offer $85K to try to work to the middle/market price, how could they consider me
a serious buyer?"

Price is not the only consideration by any means - if it were I would be
pursuing the lowest, but there are other things that rate a number of the
lower-priced ones further down our particular list.




Don Bradner
http://www.arcatapet.net
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Messages In This Thread
Special request for a Bird wannabe - birdshill123 - 12-11-2006, 14:48
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Jay Darst - 12-11-2006, 15:26
Special request for a Bird wannabe - David Brady - 12-11-2006, 15:32
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Don Bradner - 12-11-2006, 15:49
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Tom Warner - 12-11-2006, 16:22
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Don Bradner - 12-11-2006, 17:17
Special request for a Bird wannabe - erniecarpet@... - 12-11-2006, 19:56
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Don Bradner - 12-12-2006 04:36
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Tom Warner - 12-12-2006, 04:58
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Leroy Eckert - 12-12-2006, 06:54
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Jeff Miller - 12-12-2006, 07:24
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Don Bradner - 12-12-2006, 07:25
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Don Bradner - 12-12-2006, 07:37
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Leroy Eckert - 12-12-2006, 08:08
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Henry Jay Hannigan - 12-12-2006, 08:57
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Leroy Eckert - 12-12-2006, 09:16
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Jeff Miller - 12-12-2006, 14:35
Special request for a Bird wannabe - The Squires - 12-15-2006, 08:30
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Jeff Miller - 12-15-2006, 13:43
Special request for a Bird wannabe - The Squires - 12-15-2006, 14:25
Special request for a Bird wannabe - Jeff Miller - 12-15-2006, 15:01



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